SINCE 1950
ANGUS SALE BULL
75 YEARS 75 YEARS DEVELOPING 2-YEAR OLD PUREBRED BREEDING
BULLS
Breeding for Maternal before Maternal became Cool
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
STETTLER, AB . 2PM MST
SALE PROFESSIONALS
Don Raffan, Auctioneer 250-558-6789
Justin Gatty, Ringman 403-963-1334
Gary Rairdan, Ringman 403-588-0913
Craig Flewelling, Ringman 403-556-0515
Blake Chapman, Buyer Rep 403-741-5760
BIDS
Buyer may call or send their bids to any of the sale professionals listed above or directly to Chapman Cattle Company. Complete satisfaction is guaranteed for cattle purchased sight unseen as well as all bulls sold.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
All cattle sell under the standard terms and conditions of the Canadian Angus Association. Terms of the sale are cash, payable on Sale Day unless prior arrangements have been made with Chapman Cattle Company.
INSURANCE
Ownership risk to purchaser commences when the Auctioneer’s hammer falls. All cattle returning to Chapman Cattle Company must be insured. Although all precautions will be made for the well-being of your cattle until possession has transferred, Chapman Cattle Company will not be liable for any sickness, injury or death that causes loss of use of the specified cattle. A Livestock Insurance agent will be available Sale Day to discuss your coverage options.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
All announcements from the sale block on sale day take precedence over any printed material.
SALE HOSPITALITY
Coffee & donuts in the morning. Lunch will be provided and served starting at 12:00 pm. Hospitality after the sale
HOTELS
Canalta Hotel, Stettler 403-742-3371
Ramanda Inn, Stettler 403-742-6555
Super 8 Motel, Stettler 403-742-3391
Heartlander Motel, Stettler 403-742-3401
LIABILITY
All persons who attend the sale do so at their own risk and the owners, management, and Sale Day staff assume no liability, and disclaims all liability, legal or otherwise, for any reason.
HEALTH
All Sale Bulls have been vaccinated twice with Ultrabac 7 Somubac and Bovishield Gold FP VL5; treated with Ivermectin and Cylence; supplemented with Multimin 90 and Vitamin A/D; and fertility tested by Dr. Jackie Dobinson
STORM DATE
FEB 22, 2025 | 1PM | Stettler Auction Mart
In the event of a weather event, updates will be posted at www.chapmancattle.com or call the Stettler Auction Mart 403-742-2368 or Silas Chapman 403-741-2099
DELIVERY
Upon Settlement, please choose one of the following options and inform the clerk at the time of settlement. Please leave detailed delivery instructions upon doing so.
A: $150 discount per bull if bulls are picked up sale day.
B: $100 discount per bull if picked up within a week of the sale.
C: Complimentary delivery to central locations within Western Canadawill apply on invoices of $7,500 or more. A delivery fee of $150 per bull will apply to invoices less than $7,500 within the same geography.
SIGHT UNSEEN PURCHASES
Can’t make it to the sale? We guarantee you won’t be disappointed in a Chapman “Forage-Developed’ bull that you buy “sight unseen.” In fact, we sell many bulls every year this way. Our experience over the past 73 years is the sooner you contact us, the better we are able to match the right cattle to your specifications. When cattle purchased sight-unseen are delivered, the buyer has the right of refusal for any animal that is not as they were represented. Guarantee applies only to cattle discussed with a Chapman Sale Professional prior to the sale.
GUARANTEE
We are confident that our ‘Forage-Developed’ 2 Year Old Bulls will meet and exceed your standards for longevity and performance. If for any reason you are not satisfied with a bull you purchased from us, please make us your first call so we can address your concerns. Any claims are to be made no later than October 01, 2025
SALE LOCATION
Stettler Auction Mart, Stettler, AB
2024 SALE HIGHLIGHTS
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to our Annual Forage-Developed Bull Sale
Thank you for your interest in the genetics we bring forward every year. Over the course of 75 years registering purebred cattle we have been developing and marketing 2-Year-Old bulls exclusively. Definitely seen a lot of fads, breeders, and industry trends come and go. Within that time our philosophy to breeding cattle really hasn’t changed: avoid any shot-gun approach to genetic selection, avoid chasing fads, and remain steadfast in maternal propagation.
As cattle producers, we all have access to the same genetics annually. We have focused on stacking proven genetics that fit a desired phenotype; while allowing the environment to sort through the genetic base we have, or have accessed, in order to determine the replacements we keep and the bulls we sell. This has resulted in a multi-generational product that breed true and offers more intrinsic value.
Pictured as a 4-year old breeding bull is Chapman Pay Dirt 0868 who was purchased in the 2022 Bull Sale by Heart Valley Angus. This bull emulates a few claims we have made since our first ForageDeveloped Bull Sale in 2007:
• Sale day is just a snap shot in time of how our bulls will look. Our bulls continue to develop in a positive manner and albeit developed at a slower pace, they mature into robust, athletic breeding bulls with a high level of virility and libido. To be honest, I don’t even recognize most of the bulls I sell a year later – they’ve continued to grow and gain weight during and after the breeding season. 0868 is one of over 2000 Forage-Developed bulls sold that validate their upside.
• Our bulls are very uniform in type which is probably the most reiterated feedback about our cattle. 0868 as the Lot 02 bull looked very similar to Lot 1 and Lot 100 and every bull in between in that 2022 sale. This year’s offering is no different and is probably as uniform a group as we have sold, even with some outcross sires represented. Bulls of uniformity come from cow herds of uniformity and produce calves with uniformity.
• We were using “moderate and maternal” to describe our breeding program before it became “cool” to use those adjectives. 0868 combines those adjectives and has left a group of sons highlighting Heart Valley’s own bull sale; and even better, a group of daughters that will be a big part of their program moving forward. The majority of our cows range between 13-1500 lbs and 0868’s dam fits that mold. In fact, she earned donor status, as did her mother, posting production records of WR 9/110 and
13/104 respectively. This is also the same cow family as our feature Reference Sire for the 2025 Sale Offering, Chapman Pay Dirt 9820.
• 0868 emulates the annual sale offering where there is an attention to the little things pertaining to proper structure in a breeding bull that is often overlooked in the chase of extra performance or better numbers; such as a clean sheath, low-set tail head, proper scrotal shape, a straight topline and a true Angus head.
We recommend that before you buy a bull anywhere, familiarize yourself with their cowherd, their breeding objectives, and their long-term philosophy. Epigenetics indicates you inherit the management as much as the actual genetics from where you source your herd sires. This group of bulls was conceived and raised and brought to you from nothing but drought – they should be resilient with real world expectations.
With that, the sale offering represents a cross section of proven genetics with a high percentage being calving ease bulls suitable for heifers or cows. The bull offering is uniform and consistent – quality sells throughout. Some of the best cattle come from the most underrated herds and invite you to evaluate the offering on Thursday, February 20th.
Silas Chapman
EPD’S 2025
VERMILION PAYWEIGHT J847
PAYWEIGHT 006S BASIN LUCY 3829 AMF NHF
PAYWEIGHT 1682
O LASS 7017
CONNEALY THUNDER
PENDLETON 765 J H
O LASS F24A
BALDRIDGE KABOOM K243
OF CONANGA 241 AMF CAC NHF SITZ FOREVER LADY 612T
124 G D A R
FOREVER LADY 63M LUKENS FOREVER LADY J463
• Chosen as one of the higher dollar bulls in the spring ‘18 Sitz Bull Sale.
• Proven pedigree complementing our desired phenotype, he posted a BW 87, WW 775, YW 1340, and YSC 40.
• Senior herd sirewho is massive in build who is fluid in travel.
• A result of an embryo mating between the highly proven Basin Payweight 1682 and the Pathfinder donor Sitz Forever Lady 612T.She is also the mother ofSitz Reload 411C. Young daughters qualify him as udderfixer. Tattoo: IMP 749E DOB: January 19, 2017 REG#: 2070978
CHAPMAN PAY DIRT 9820
Tattoo: SWC 9820G DOB: April 25, 2019 REG#: 2185407
• Retained as a performance standout in 2021 to add length of spine and added stature. He posted a BW 96, WW 782 and weaning and yearling ratios of 114 and 124.
• Carries forward the Payweight depth of body, the added Rito performance, and the Emblazon do-ability.
• Now at the age of 14, his dam has earned donor status with a progeny weaning and yearling record of 109 and 108 respectivelyon 11calves. His maternal grand dam, 239M,entered the embryo facility at the age of 16 after earning a NR 13/104 and produced until age 19.
SINCLAIR EMULATE 7XT28
SINCLAIR FORTUNATE SON SINCLAIR BLACKBIRD 2P8 7079
CUMBER FORTUNATE 307 SINCLAIR EXTRA 4X13 MISS WIX 9122 OF MC CUMBER MISS WIX 7126 OF MC CUMBER
C C EMBLAZON 854E O C C
• 7141 was our pick and the 3rd high selling bull out of the 2018 McCumber Angus Bull Sale.BW 82, WW 754, YW 1466, YSC 38.
• Long-spinedbull, highly fertile, and structurally hard to fault–excellent foot.
Everything about 7141 indicates a cow makerbeing triple bred Sinclair Extra 4X13 and out of an outstanding OCC Tremendous 619T dam.
• Daughters in production are some of our best intype.Moderate in size, fluffy ears, wedge shaped with fault free udder structure.Popular sire group in the 2023-24Bull Sale.
• Selected as one of the high selling bulls in the 2021 Sitz Spring Bull Sale, 712 offers a fresh pedigree for many customers.
• Massively built, he fillsup a chute and then some. Plus his progeny are very docile and the foot quality is exactly how it needs to be.
• 712 is a very masculine bull and I fully anticipate that to translate into some very desirable daughters.Top 1% in the breed for $M. Two consecutive generations of Pathfinder dams.Dam is the maternal grand dam to the popular Sitz Stellar.
• Co-owned with Crescent Creek Angus.
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• The popular and 3rd high selling bull in the 2021 Bar-E-L Bull Sale, 13H was selected as a fresh pedigree option with some continuity for many of our long-time customers.
• Continuity in his maternal lineage as his dam traces back to cornerstone Chapman herd sires, Crowfoot Joker 6172S and Crowfoot Equation 5793R.
• Big middle bull, he posted a BW 89, WW 77, YW 1348, YSC 38 – ranks in the top 1% in the breed for both foot score EPD’s. Daughters will be herd bull producers.
• 13H is stout, deep sided and walks on excellent feet. Sires excellent temperament, lots of hip and great phenotype.
CRESCENT CREEK IMPRESSIVE 8H
Tattoo: WOS 8H DOB: January 12, 2020 REG#: 2151457
• Selected as a sale feature and 3rdhigh selling bull in the 2020 Crescent Creek Bull Sale.
• Identified as a spitting image of his sire, HA Outside, who has been a benchmarkin the long established Crescent Creek program for producing broody mother cows with good milk flow and longevity.
• Dam earned a progeny weaning ratio of NR 12/104 and raised 8H as a 13-year-old cow.
• Added docility, strong topped and straight in his lines, he is rock solid in his structure from the ground up; and offers a fresh yet proven pedigree for long-time customers.
REDLAND DO IT ALL 570
• Selected as a crowd favorite from the 2022 Redland Angus bull sale in Wyoming.
• Typical of the OCC downline, 570is a very easy fleshing bull. He is moderate in frame but very long madewith a tremendous amount of overall body mass. He has a big deep square buttand stands down square on good feet and legs.Has been used on cows but mainly onheifers.
• The dam of 570 is a big volume,feminine fronted female with a strong udder attachment.
• 570 is very gentle to be around and appears to be passing his disposition on.
IN SPADES 33J
Tattoo: YHB 33J DOB: January 30, 2021 REG#: 2226024
• A popular and 3rd high seller from the ’22 Bar-E-L Bull Saleselected for his style and balance.
• Progeny emulate his style and balance, coupled with his excellent haircoat and foot quality.
• Used year one in a large multi sire pasture along with his paternal brother Homeland 13H, both being Alcatraz sons, who stamp their progeny with the same quiet disposition as their sire.
• The Naomi cow family displays exceptional ribcapacity, picturesque udder quality, and milk flow.In Spades compliments another Naomi 9D son purchased in 2020, Bar-E-L Power 32G
• Selected as the feature fall-born bull in the 2022 Spring Cove Bull Sale in Idaho for his combination of calving easeand documented carcass merit.
• Maternal brother isABS Global calving ease sire Spring Cove Crossbow.
• Donor dam is just how we like them with longevityand productivity, posting a WR 6/108 and YR 6/108 respectively.
• First service progeny have risen to the top exhibiting the expectedcalving ease phenotype coupled with an unexpected growth profile that competes with all sire groups.
CHAPMAN LONGEVITY 3827L
CHAPMAN ARROYO 3802L
CHAPMAN IN SPADES
CHAPMAN PAY DIRT 3822L
CHAPMAN IN SPADES 3869L
CHAPMAN PAY DIRT
CHAPMAN ARROYO 3899L
CHAPMAN STEADFAST 3769L
CHAPMAN EMPIRE 3952L
CHAPMAN LONGEVITY 3874L
CHAPMAN EMPIRE 3946L
CHAPMAN PAY DIRT 3814L
CHAPMAN EMPIRE 3783L
CHAPMAN ARROYO 3761L
CHAPMAN IMPRESSIVE 3811L
CHAPMAN EMULATE 3809L
CHAPMAN PAY DIRT 3775L
CHAPMAN LONGEVITY 3941L
CHAPMAN DO IT
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CHAPMAN LONGEVITY 3901L
CHAPMAN EMPIRE 3906L
CHAPMAN EMULATE 3815L
CHAPMAN PAY DIRT 3898L
2024 RESIDENT HERDSIRES
BAR-E-L WARRIOR 36K
BROOKING NATIONAL 0144 X HF G-MAN 29B
CHAPMAN RECOURSE 8613
SAV RESOURCE 1441 X CROWFOOT EQUATION 5793R
REDLAND DO IT ALL 570
OCC DO IT ALL 656D X GDAR GAME DAY 449
VERMILION G017 BOMBER L151 VERMILION BOMBER G017 X BUBS SOUTHERN CHARM AA31
EPD EXPLANATION
EPD’s are predictions on how each bull rates against his own contemporary group and the rest of the breed. EPD’s evaluate group averages and offspring’s performance, however they cannot predict individual performance or weights.
For example, if Bull A (WW EPD of +10) & Bull B (WW of +60) were randomly mated with 10 similar cows, we would expect the group avg. weaning weight of Bull A’s offspring to be 50 lbs. lighter than Bull B’s (60 - 10 = 50).
BW Birth Weight - expressed in pounds, is a prediction of a sire’s ability to transmit birth weight to his progeny
WW Weaning Weight - expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit weaning growth to his progeny
YW Yearling Weight - expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit yearling growth to his progeny.
MILK A predictor of a sire’s genetic merit for milk and mothering ability as expressed in his daughters
CE Calving Ease Direct (CE), is expressed as a differencein percentage of unassisted births, with a higher value indicating greater calving ease in first-calf heifers. It predicts the average difference in ease with which a sire’s calves will be born when he is bred to first-calf heifers.
MCE Maternal Calving Ease (MCE) is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births with a higher value indicating greater calving ease in firstcalf daughters. It predicts the average ease with which a sire’s daughters will calve as first-calf heifers when compared to daughters of other sires.
BREED AVERAGES
Black Angus Breed Averages are compiled from the total number of Black Angus calves registered in 2023 to compare the BLACK ANGUS BULLS in this catalogue to:
FOLLOW UP & CONSULTING
We are interested about your program too, your success, and the effectiveness of our cattle in your herd. Feel free to contact us at any time.
Call us at (403) 741-2099, email us at silas@chapmancattle.com or through our website at www.chapmancattle.com
Complete Bull Information available online including catalog, video, individual performance, EPD’s, sale weights and scrotal measurements at: www.chapmancattle.com
Please let us know if we can provide you with any additional information or assistance. We look forward to seeing you on sale day!
